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Mueller team indicates interest in interviewing Trump

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Mueller team indicates interest in interviewing Trump

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators has expressed interest in speaking with President Donald Trump as part of a probe into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign, a person familiar with the matter said Monday M© Saul Loeb, AFP | Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves […]

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Egypt to hold upcoming 2018 presidential elections in March; run-offs set for April

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Egypt to hold upcoming 2018 presidential elections in March; run-offs set for April

Egypt’s National Electoral Authority (NEA) announced on Monday that voting in the upcoming 2018 presidential elections will begin in March. General view of a news conference announcing Egypt’s elections timetable in Cairo, Egypt January 8, 2018 Reuters  In an official announcement during a Cairo press conference, NEA head Lasheen Ibrahim announced the timetable for the […]

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Iran warns it may rethink IAEA cooperation & make Trump ‘regret’ if US reneges on nuclear deal

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Iran warns it may rethink IAEA cooperation & make Trump ‘regret’ if US reneges on nuclear deal

Tehran may reconsider its cooperation agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, should the US default on its commitments to the 2015 Iranian deal, the country’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi has warned. The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flies in front of its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. © Leonhard Foeger […]

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Two Koreas to march together in Olympics

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Two Koreas to march together in Olympics

North Korea agreed to send a delegation, athletes and cheering squad to the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics in the first high-level talks with the South in almost two years held at the border village of Panmunjeom, Tuesday. “Representatives from the North expressed their intention to send delegates to PyeongChang and also agreed about the joint […]

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Trump administration mulling ‘limited’ preemptive attack against North Korea

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Trump administration mulling ‘limited’ preemptive attack against North Korea

Officials from the Trump administration are mulling the possible gains and consequences of a “limited” military strike against North Korea, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday   Trump (L) and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Officials from the Trump administration are mulling the possible gains and consequences of a “limited” military strike […]

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Russian army repels attack by 13 militant drones on its Syrian compounds – MoD

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Russian army repels attack by 13 militant drones on its Syrian compounds – MoD

Russian military have repelled a massive drone attack on its bases in Syria, which was carried out by militants, Moscow said. The extremists may have been aided by a “technologically advanced state,” it added. The Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Sputnik The militants launched their assault during the night on Saturday, the ministry said in […]

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Egypt Jerusalem media Middle East Egypt denies report it pressured the press on Trump’s Jerusalem move, despite tapes

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Egypt Jerusalem media Middle East  Egypt denies report it pressured the press on Trump’s Jerusalem move, despite tapes

© Ahmad Gharabli, AFP | Muslim worshippers perform Friday noon prayers near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City at the al-Aqsa mosque compound on December 29, 2017. Recordings at the core of a recent New York Times report on efforts by Egyptian officials to press media figures to tacitly support the recognition […]

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US says 200,000 Salvadorans must leave within 18 months

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US says 200,000 Salvadorans must leave within 18 months

New York, USA – Members of the Salvadoran community in the US have expressed their “devastation” after President Donald Trump’s government said it would stop providing legal status and the ability to work to some 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador. Demonstrators outside the White House protest against the termination of Salvadorans’ TPS [Kevin Lamarque/Reuter New York, […]

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‘Keep Kim on his toes’: US officials scramble to defend Trump’s ‘nuclear button’ tweet

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‘Keep Kim on his toes’: US officials scramble to defend Trump’s ‘nuclear button’ tweet

Almost a week on, US officials are still cleaning up the fallout from President Donald Trump’s “bigger nuclear button” tweet, but America’s UN envoy and the CIA director are both arguing it’s all for the sake of peace. FILE PHOTO: Briefcase with US nuclear launch codes © Yuri Gripas / Reuters Throughout the week, major […]

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Deadly protests grip Sudan over rising bread prices

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Deadly protests grip Sudan over rising bread prices

One student has been killed and six other people injured during widespread protests over rising bread prices in Sudan. Bread prices have almost doubled in Sudan since the government stopped importing wheat from overseas [Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP] The student died during a demonstration on Sunday in the city of Geneina, the capital of West Darfurstate. Separate protests also took place […]

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